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单词 hotfoot
释义 hotfoot
 /hot"foot'/,  n.  ,  pl.   hotfoots,  v.  ,  adv.  
  n.  
  1. a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.
  v.i.  
  2.  Informal.   to go in great haste; walk or run hurriedly or rapidly (often fol. by it): to hotfoot it to the bus stop.
  adv.  
  3. with great speed in going; in haste.
 [1250-1300; ME hot fot (adv.). See HOT, FOOT]
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